The aurora is not visible during the day. Dark, ... Even moderate solar wind creates the aurora, NOAA said, so there is usually a weak aurora visible from somewhere on Earth.

The best time to view the aurora is usually between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time, with the most vibrant displays often happening within an hour or two of midnight.

Second, the light of the waning moon could overpower any weak aurora seen from our area. The moon will be out from around 11 p.m. through the dawn both nights. Third, as always, is the weather itself.

A massive hole some 62 times wider than the Earth has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere—and it could lead to aurora over the U.S.. NASA captured a photograph of the roughly 497,000-mile-wide ...

The lights will appear to the north when it's dark outside. If you can't see them with the naked eye, ... NOAA said, so there is usually a weak aurora visible from somewhere on Earth.

The northern lights made an incredible display over much of the United States on Thursday — and might make a return appearance Friday night. The aurora borealis was visible as far south as ...